Social:Xukuruan languages

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Short description: Proposed language family of Brazil
Xukuruan
Shukuru
Geographic
distribution
Brazil
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
  • Xukurú
  • Paratió
  • ?Garanhun
Glottologxuku1239  (Xukurú)[1]
Map of indigenous territories in Alagoas and Sergipe states, Brazil

The Xukuruan languages are a language family proposed by Loukotka (1968) that links two languages of eastern Brazil.[2][3] The languages are:

  • Xukurú
  • Paratió

Loukotka (1968) also lists the unattested Garañun (Garanhun), an extinct, undocumented language once spoken in the Serra dos Garanhuns.[2]

Vocabulary

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Shukurú and Paratió.[2]

gloss Shukurú Paratió
ear bandulák bolúdo
tooth chilodé vovó
man sheñupre sheñup
sun kiá kiá
moon klariːmon limolago
earth krashishi
tobacco mãzyé mazyaː


References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Xukurú". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/xuku1239. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. https://archive.org/details/classificationof0007louk. 
  3. Xukuru Alain Fabre (2005). Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos.

Sources

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